January 22, 2010 (The Independent Weekly) -- A father has been found guilty of the murder of a 15-year-old girl he met on a gothic vampire website. His son, who was also charged with murdering the girl, has been acquitted of all charges.

A 17-year old notified police that she was bitten on the neck following a screening of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" last week. Turns out she "wasn't completely truthful" and has since recanted her story. What a twit.

Just in time for next Halloween, the website Urban Collector offers a pre-order of "Blood Energy Potion," which is described as "the world's first synthetic blood beverage. The fruit punch flavor packs 4 hours of energy along with iron, protein, and electrolytes.

The latest anti-aging craze from Europe involves injecting your face with your own blood. I kid you not. Some crackpot "cosmetic doctor" draws your blood, separates it into components, adds vitamins and amino acids, and then re-injects it into your face.

Interesting article over at the CBC, reporting on a particular species of jumping spider that seems more attractive to the opposite sex after it has fed on mosquitoes that had themselves recently fed on the blood of mammals.

Time Out recently posted an interview with Seregon O'Dassey, the New York-based "vampire-model-actress" and star of Vampires Revealed on Comcast On Demand's Paranormal TV Channel.

Apparently she's the real thing, according to her. Sounds to me like role playing, but you be the judge.

Sadly it's time again to report yet another unfortunate incident involving the vampire freaks website. I'll never understand how this site remains online, due to all the crime that seems to be linked to it.

It's been less than a week but yet another perv has been caught by police, again using the vampire freaks website to seek out his prey. I'm not going into great detail since these losers don't deserve any of our time, but it does serve as another warning to the more vulnerable ones there: be careful with whom you interact with online. Especially through that website.

Yet another case of a loser trolling the site vampire freaks. It seems like each and every time one of these idiots gets caught by police, it's revealed that they have a profile and/or met their victim through that website.

Another real winner here folks. Jeffery M. Mitchell of Virginia Beach, 31, is a self-proclaimed vampire. His hair: jet-black and long; his skin: fair and pale. Two of his teeth are filed and capped to appear as fangs. He stands 6'3". He also claims to be 225 years old.